Michelle (Min Eun) Jeon Named 2024 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award Winner

The National Register of Health Service Psychologists is proud to present the 2024 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award to Michelle (Min Eun) Jeon, MA, of the Clinical Psychology program at Florida State University.

This award, named in honor of the National Register’s third Chief Executive Officer, is presented annually to a currently enrolled student in good standing in an APA- or CPA-accredited doctoral program in psychology who are student members of the National Register Associate Program.  

The National Register’s Awards Committee honors the recipient of this award with a $5,000 stipend to further the development of a clinically oriented research project. Min Eun’s project aims to examine the traumatic effect of minority stressors on suicidal ideation in marginalized populations by surveying diverse adults in real-time and testing whether posttraumatic cognitions (e.g., negative beliefs underlying posttraumatic stress disorder) mediate the relationship between everyday discrimination and suicidal ideation. 

Upon receiving the award, Min Eun said, “I am truly grateful for this award, which I will take as a recognition of the importance of diversity-oriented, inclusive research and clinical work and an encouragement to continue my practice of psychological science to advocate for diverse experiences.”  

“Congratulations to Min Eun on receiving the 2024 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award,” commented Andrew P. Boucher, CEO of the National Register. “We are proud to support her project and look forward to hearing more about the results.” 

Michelle (Min Eun) Jeon, MA, is a sixth-year doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Florida State University, currently on her predoctoral clinical internship at Rochester Institute of Technology/Rochester Regional Health. Her program of research is centered on advancing the prevention of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, with an emphasis on the traumatic effect of adversities (e.g., minority stressors) and how they lead vulnerable populations to believe that they are better off dead. Min Eun has published 19 peer-reviewed articles (7 first-authored) and received grant funding from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She is also a National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention Emerging Scholar and has won awards from organizations including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. Clinically, she is oriented toward cognitive-behavior therapies, especially in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and other comorbid conditions in marginalized populations. 

Min Eun has been banking credentials through the National Register since 2024.  

About the National Register of Health Service Psychologists  

The National Register of Health Service Psychologists was established in 1974 and is the largest nonprofit credentialing organization for psychologists and psychology doctoral students. The National Register is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare by identifying psychologists who meet specific education and training standards, and by verifying these professionals to consumers, healthcare organizations, and regulatory bodies. The National Register currently credentials 10,000 Health Service Psychologists and has approximately 5,000 psychology doctoral student and postdoctoral trainee members in its Associate Program. For more information, visit www.nationalregister.org.  

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